ABT's Growth Comparisons in III. Quarter 2026
Abbott Laboratories improved it's Revenue by 14.46% year on year in the third quarter 2026, and outpaced the 14.14% rise in the Major Pharmaceutical Preparations industry, and 10.18% improvement in the Healthcare sector. Comparing the third quarter sales growth, both Major Pharmaceutical Preparations industry and Abbott Laboratories outperformed 10.9% overall market increase.
Comparing the company's Revenue to the second quarter results, sales were higher by 3.34% . On the yearly basis, average annual sales growth for Abbott Laboratories is 5.08%, while S & P 500's including only Businesses with the third quarter 2026 earnings, average annual sales growth is 13.63% over the past five years.
| Segment Name |
Y / Y |
Sequential |
| United States |
|
2.54 % |
- |
| International |
|
11.31 % |
- |
| Established Pharmaceuticals |
|
13.17 % |
- |
| Established Pharmaceuticals Key Emerging Markets |
|
12.85 % |
- |
| Established Pharmaceuticals Other |
|
14.24 % |
- |
| Nutritional Products |
|
-6.01 % |
- |
| Nutritional Products Pediatric Nutritionals |
|
-8.45 % |
- |
| Nutritional Products Adult Nutritionals |
|
-3.71 % |
- |
| Diagnostic Products |
|
6.13 % |
- |
| Diagnostic Products Core Laboratory |
|
8.07 % |
- |
| Diagnostic Products Rapid and Molecular |
|
-7.41 % |
- |
| Diagnostic Products Cancer Diagnostics |
|
- |
- |
| Medical Devices |
|
13.16 % |
- |
| Medical Devices Rhythm Management |
|
16.92 % |
- |
| Medical Devices Electrophysiology |
|
16.74 % |
- |
| Medical Devices Heart Failure |
|
14.75 % |
- |
| Medical Devices Vascular |
|
9.44 % |
- |
| Medical Devices Structural Heart |
|
8.85 % |
- |
| Medical Devices Neuromodulation |
|
6.58 % |
- |
| Medical Devices Diabetes Care |
|
13.85 % |
- |
| United States Nutritional Products |
|
-11.62 % |
- |
| United States Nutritional Products Pediatric Nutritionals |
|
-13.1 % |
- |
| United States Nutritional Products Adult Nutritionals |
|
-9.26 % |
- |
| United States Diagnostic Products |
|
3.9 % |
- |
| United States Diagnostic Products Core Laboratory |
|
4.52 % |
- |
| United States Diagnostic Products Rapid and Molecular |
|
-13.73 % |
- |
| United States Diagnostic Products Cancer Diagnostics |
|
- |
- |
| United States Medical Devices |
|
7.87 % |
- |
| United States Medical Devices Rhythm Management |
|
11.51 % |
- |
| United States Medical Devices Electrophysiology |
|
13.51 % |
- |
| United States Medical Devices Heart Failure |
|
11.45 % |
- |
| United States Medical Devices Vascular |
|
8.58 % |
- |
| United States Medical Devices Structural Heart |
|
-9.68 % |
- |
| United States Medical Devices Neuromodulation |
|
0.57 % |
- |
| United States Medical Devices Diabetes Care |
|
9.89 % |
- |
| International Established Pharmaceuticals |
|
13.17 % |
- |
| International Established Pharmaceuticals Key Emerging Markets |
|
12.85 % |
- |
| International Established Pharmaceuticals Other |
|
14.24 % |
- |
| International Nutritional Products |
|
-1.51 % |
- |
| International Nutritional Products Pediatric Nutritionals |
|
-2.43 % |
- |
| International Nutritional Products Adult Nutritionals |
|
-0.95 % |
- |
| International Diagnostic Products |
|
7.78 % |
- |
| International Diagnostic Products Core Laboratory |
|
9.47 % |
- |
| International Diagnostic Products Rapid and Molecular |
|
2.66 % |
- |
| International Diagnostic Products Cancer Diagnostics |
|
- |
- |
| International Medical Devices |
|
18 % |
- |
| International Medical Devices Rhythm Management |
|
22.78 % |
- |
| International Medical Devices Electrophysiology |
|
19.88 % |
- |
| International Medical Devices Heart Failure |
|
25.97 % |
- |
| International Medical Devices Vascular |
|
9.95 % |
- |
| International Medical Devices Structural Heart |
|
25.09 % |
- |
| International Medical Devices Neuromodulation |
|
26.92 % |
- |
| International Medical Devices Diabetes Care |
|
16.59 % |
- |
| Other |
|
-33.33 % |
- |
| Other United States |
|
-33.33 % |
- |
| Total |
|
7.78 % |
- |
Abbott Laboratories's EPS were sliced by -43.62% in the third quarter from the same quarter a year ago, to $ 0.53, while income per share in Major Pharmaceutical Preparations industry fell only by -31.6%, and underperformed the -39.2% EPS slide in the Healthcare sector. Weak third quarter income per share, in Major Pharmaceutical Preparations industry and within the Healthcare sector, were reflected in Abbott Laboratories results which underperformed overall market.
Sequentially company's EPS were unchanged from the second quarter results. . Looking into annual growth, income per share grew by 8.27% on average in the last five years, while the S & P 500's including only the businesses with the third quarter 2026 financial results, average yearly income per share growth is 23.95%.